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The Midlife Series // A Foot in Two Seasons - Blessed Is She

The Midlife Series // A Foot in Two Seasons

Welcome to our series on the beautiful midlife season! We will explore all the blessings, challenges, and changes that accompany this time in a woman's life, from the physical, to...
The Midlife Series // So Much More than a Crisis - Blessed Is She

The Midlife Series // So Much More than a Crisis

Welcome to our series on the beautiful midlife season! We will explore all the blessings, challenges, and changes that accompany this time in a woman's life, from the physical, to...
Weekly Wallpaper // 329 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 329

The Lord said to her in reply, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part...
Flos Carmeli - Blessed Is She

Flos Carmeli

Flos Carmeli is Latin for “Flower of Carmel.” As a child, I was under the impression that Our Lady of Mount Carmel was actually pronounced "car-a-mel." It made sense to...
Silent Graces // A Poem - Blessed Is She

Silent Graces // A Poem

So often am I faced with silence when I ask God for help with whatever conundrum I face that day. At the end of the day, I feel like I’m...
The Importance of Memory - Blessed Is She

The Importance of Memory

I recently finished the book Prudence: Choose Confidently, Live Boldly by Father Gregory Pine O.P. The subtitle is what initially drew me to read this book. In a world with...
Weekly Wallpaper // 328 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 328

You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself. //...
Clever Catholic Names for Pets - Blessed Is She

Clever Catholic Names for Pets

After the creation of the world, God gave to Adam the notable task of naming the animals. Typically, the right of naming is reserved for the creator of said thing,...
Saint Maria Goretti // Witness to Reconciliation - Blessed Is She

Saint Maria Goretti // Witness to Reconciliation

Many years ago, my dad was going through his father’s desk and showed me a precious, antique Christmas card. Attached to the card was a relic of Saint Maria Goretti....
The Virtue of Patriotism: Are We in the Arena? - Blessed Is She

The Virtue of Patriotism: Are We in the Arena?

I am in second grade. I breathe in the crisp, fall air and recite the Pledge of Allegiance with my classmates: "...one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice...
Weekly Wallpaper // 327 - Blessed Is She

Weekly Wallpaper // 327

Whatever town you enter and they welcome you, eat what is set before you, cure the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God is at hand...
5 Blessed is She Products for the College Gal - Blessed Is She

5 Blessed is She Products for the College Gal

In the first few years of my college experience, I’ve learned so much about navigating school, community, and commitments. One of the most helpful things during this process has been...